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TOEI JAPAN CHANNEL BRINGING TOKUSATSU TO THE US! This is the real deal folks. Kamen Rider and other tokusatsu programming is headed to the U. S. OFFICIALLY. Toei Japan Channel, a new pay channel coming this month, is originally a dedicated offerin...

Production I. G. announced today that an anime movie of Psycho-Pass is in production, as well as a second season. No release date was revealed, but Production I. G. did post a spoilerific trailer that recaps the major points of season 1.

Japanese music label Space Shower Music has posted a music video for Lyu:Lyu single "Seeds" set to the American remake of classic Shotaro Ishinomori manga Cyborg 009, written by F. J. DeSanto and Bradley Cramp and illustrated by Marcus.

It has been announced that "HALLOWEEN PARTY 2013" which is a project of hyde from Japanese rock band VAMPS, and his HALLOWEEN JUNKY ORCHESTRA, party dates, times and venues are now confirmed. Check them out!

Former Ghibli president and current producer Toshio Suzuki revealed at Hayao Miyazaki's retirement press conference on Friday that the next film from Studio Ghibli (after Isao Takahata's Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) will open next summer in Japan.

Tank MMO World of Tanks has finally seen reason and joined forces with tank manga Girls Und Panzer in the form of an official manga guide to the game, in a none too subtle scheme to win over both military otaku and the wider social gaming masses.

Japanese television brings another dabbling of Madoka Magica's upcoming third film – this one shows us SHAFT's enhanced focus on magical bishoujo bodies, as well as a glimpse at the new white-haired loli.

Majestic Prince Episode 22As the series winds down, the action picks up. What They Say: Sometimes, even the best laid plans fail to work out. Earth's forces learn that the hard way when two Wulgaru fleets leave the gate right when they get there!

Fans have been pretty patient with the production team for the upcoming newest installment in the Sailor Moon anime franchise. After all, the previous animated TV series wrapped in 1997, so the sudden announcement of a continuation last summer was...

SOZO, the organisers behind Anime Festival Asia conventions, have just announced the concert artiste line-up for AFA Singapore 2013, which will be held at the Suntec City Convention and Exhibition Centre from November 8 to 10 (Friday to Sunday).

Publisher XSEED Games is getting ready to bring the second chapter of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky to PC and PSP (also compatible with PS Vita) in the west, with the follow-up scheduled to arrive via Steam and the PlayStation Store next...

At every convention that I go to the first thing I normally scope out are cosplayers. Why, you may ask? Well, to be frank, cosplayers are the people that literally wear their passion on their sleeves. It's something that I know that I personally c...

This is the Pokémon Illustrator. The card is incredibly rare and valuable. If you have a hundred grand, it can be yours. According to Bulbapedia, there were apparently only six Pokémon Illustrator cards printed and awarded to winners of the Pokémo...

Blurry/Leaked Images of Attack on Titan 3DS Game In the October issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, previews of screenshots from the Nintendo 3DS action game inspired by Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan anime/manga were revealed.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 is a remake of Compile Heart's 2010 PlayStation 3 RPG, begging the question "how soon is too soon? " Either way it's gunning for an October 31 release on PS Vita in Japan, and you can see the debut trailer below.

Gen 1 Pokemon Starters Get Mega Evolutions in Pokemon X and Y In a move everyone hoped but no one saw coming, during a Pokemon Direct presentation it was announced that the three Kanto region starters Blastoise, Charizard and Venusaur will be get...

Ask John: Why Are Hollywood's Otaku Suddenly Coming Out of the Closet? Question: Now we are witnessing the opposite trend: Hollywood directors who come out of the "closet" on being anime fans. Whether it's Josh Trank, Guillermo Del Toro, or Zack S...

Konami Opens LA Studio Kojima Productions recently opened up this lovely studio in LA to help develop Metal Gear Solid 5 and other upcoming games. Kojma says, As gaming takes the world stage as one of the greatest forms of entertainment, it's on...

Mamare Touno's (MAOYU) light novel series about gamers trapped in a massively multiplayer online game, Log Horizon, is slated to be adapted for TV by Macross F's Satelight. Check out the latest preview and character art.

Outbreak Company breaks out into an embarrassing exhibit of quality deficiency yet again – with a new preview clip and key visual, its only worsened its own cause as the exorbitant flaws continue to persist.

Stunning Line-Ups of AFA13 Revealed during the 1st day of AFAID's Anisong Concert live, a full line-up of various guest for AFA13 has finally been announced! Spanning over 3 nites of awesome line-ups of various artistes, AFA regular May'n as well ...

Atlus' 2004 Pinegrow-developed strategy-RPG Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity recently made the leap to PSN as a PlayStation 2 Classic, and the publisher is celebrating with a fresh trailer. Atlus' synopsis: A deadly mist called the "Miasma...

The Best Art from Magic: The Gathering's Dark Ascension Set Following up last week's post featuring the best art from MTG's Innistrad set, this week we're taking a look at even more vampires, demons, ghouls, specters, and zombies - this time, from...

The Contestants of the Cosplay Runway with Guest Vampy and Aza. Unlike most pop-culture events in Singapore which mainly focused on the Japanese side of things, the highly anticipated STGCC 2013, which features popcultures of both the western and ...

Takeru Satoh, who returns as political assassin turned wandering swordsman Himura Kenshin in next summer's Rurouni Kenshin - The Kyoto Fire and The Legend's Conclusion, posted a pair of new set photo on his official site.